Lightning goes in window

[dentuso]

Vague recollection that the lightening actually goes from the earth to the clouds. Will have to go through all the old "New Scientist"s again.
Here's something.
http://www.space.com/scienceastronom...kgrounder.html

Here's something that could take up some time poking around in.
http://amasci.com/weird.html

Groovy

[Cliff Rogers]

Lightning should go in the same category as cats, sheep, chooks & women.

What? You want to eat lightning?

: Maybe you ca't tell 'em where to go?

Nuh.... difficult to control & impossible to understand.

[Gyro]

Here is a good diagram of what happens before a strike.



The idea that lightning goes up from the ground is because the ground has a positive charge and the clouds have a negative charge. But the electrical charge (be it in a battery, a welder or lightning) electricity actually flows from negative to positive. Contrary to what we know as conventional electrical flow.

[Wombat]

does that explain how yer rags explode?

[Ray]

That's a good diagram. Securing underground petrol tanks must be a challenge.

[journeyman Mick]

Here is a good diagram of what happens before a strike.......

Cool, lightning hitting South Park.
Did it kill Kenny?

Mick

[dentuso]

nothing can Kilkenny.But I tried during the last week

[Dog]

does that explain how yer rags explode?

No, but I know some women who are explosive when they are on their rags.

[dentuso]

No, but I know some women who are explosive when they are on their rags.

Who said they need to be on the rags?